Hollywood Gadfly
Puncturing Hollywood myths.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 26 | Founded | 10 months ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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A Tale of Two Black Lists, Part 1: The Annual List
Emerging filmmakers and screenwriters are often confused by the differences between the annual Black List, founded by Franklin Leonard, and blcklst.com, also founded by Franklin Leonard.
The first is an annual list of Hollywood’s “most li...
AI Is Making Hypocrites Of Us All
“I’m worried about the relationship between humans and humans, something happens to the way that you can speak to another person on the internet authentically, when you plausibly believe that their output might be ChatGPT or Claude.”
-Dere...
The Short Pitch Is Your First Date
Most pitching is just a two-minute conversation at a party. Here's how to not blow it.
A few weeks ago my wife and I were with a writer friend who has been struggling a bit. My wife asked him what he was working on. He has a TV pitch that...
The Trans Casting Paradox
Last week I took apart GLAAD’s 2026 film study. But afterwards one number stuck with me: across 225 films released last year, there was not a single trans character, at least according to GLAAD’s methodology.
That’s a very strange result...
A Simple Guide to Selling Your Film & TV Projects
How to generate leads, build relationships, get feedback, and sell.
In a shift from my usual prolixity, this is an attempt at a very simple guide to selling your film and television projects.
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